"Some say he was a holy man, others say he was a shit head." - this one brings me down to earth when I need it

"Oh well, then stop"

And so it is that we, as men, do not exist until we do; and then it is that we play with our world of existent things, and order and disorder them, and so it shall be that Non-existence shall take us back from Existence, and that nameless Spirituality shall return to Void, like a tired child home from a very wild circus.

I don't like to play favorites, but the sections that seem nearest to my heart -- and the ones I feel represent Discordia well when explaining the philosophy to others -- are:

- Starbuck's Pebbles (an excellent primer for / example of the concept of reality tunnels.)- Curse of Greyface and also Salvation (these complimentary sections are a great reminder to not take myself so seriously. Also a personal well of hope.)- The Curse of Greyface and the Introduction of Negativism (aka the Order/Disorder/Creative/Destructive matrix. As someone who grew up locked in the Order vs. Chaos binary, understanding this concept opened up a new ontological perspective for me and helped rid me of several personal prejudices.)

When Hypoc was through meditating with St. Gulik, he went there intothe kitchen where he busied himself with preparing the feast and in hisendeavor, he found that there was some old tea in a pan left standing from thenight before, when he had in his weakness forgot about its making and had letit sit steeping for 24 hours. It was dark and murky and it was Hypoc'sintention to use this old tea by diluting it with water. And again in hisweakness, chose without further consideration and plunged into the physicallabor of the preparations. It was then when deeply immersed in the pleasure ofthat trip, he had a sudden loud clear voice in his head saying "it is bittertea that involves you so." Hypoc heard the voice, but the struggle insideintensified, and the pattern, previously established with the physical laboringand the muscle messages coordinated and unified or perhaps coded, continued toexert their influence and Hypoc succummed to the pressure and he denied thevoice. And again he plunged into the physical orgy and completed the task, andLo as the voice had predicted, the tea was bitter.

"The Five Laws have root in awareness." --Che Fung (Ezra Pound, Canto 85)

The Hell Law says that Hell is reserved exclusively for them that believe init. Further, the lowest Rung in Hell is reserved for them that believe in it onthe supposition that they'll go there if they don't. HBT; The Gospel According to Fred, 3:1